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Re:Affordable Care by gnaritas on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:35PM (#13394905)
A public option is just a mandate by another name, it has to be paid for by higher taxes: still a mandate. But yes, we should do it that way.
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Re:Affordable Care by importantbrian on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:39PM (#13394936)
Yes, taxes would go up, but would most people really notice? You are basically shifting from paying a premium to a private insurer to paying a tax to the government. It's kinda six one half dozen the other.
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